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V-Series paths to vmware esx

jason_burrell — Thu, 05 Jun 2025 07:10:22 GMT

A picture of my current setup is attached.

I believe on my ESX server I should see 4 paths but I only see 2. Is this a correct setup because how netapp does failover or should I see 4 paths? On my EVA I see 4 paths.

Re: V-Series paths to vmware esx

jason_burrell — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:39:47 GMT

I found that my EVA shows both controllers to the ESX machines. Does netapp do the same or does it only show 2 paths and new paths show up in case of a failover event?

Re: V-Series paths to vmware esx

isaacs — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 00:57:54 GMT

Hi Jason,

This is not a V-Series specific issue. As far as ESX is concerned, there is no difference between a V-Series and a FAS controller. You'd probably have better luck posting this question to the SAN forums. That said, we'd need to see a bit more info than just a topology drawing to help here. We'd need to see the fabric zones, at least.

Thanks!

Dan Isaacs

NetApp

V-Series

isaacs@netapp.com

Re: V-Series paths to vmware esx

jason_burrell — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:28:08 GMT

Thanks for the reply Dan, I figured it out. I did not have controller B plugged in yet and once I did that the 3rd and 4th link showed up.